Tourism to Cuba plunges after Trump’s tightening of travel ban: data
Tourist arrivals to Cuba plunged 23.6% on the year in July, official data showed on Wednesday, confirming the blow dealt to the sector by the...
Hong Kong protesters demand action on mob attack
Thousands of Hong Kong residents held an anti-government protest on Wednesday at a suburban subway station that was attacked by a mob last month, angry...
Trump administration to appeal ruling blocking price disclosure for drug ads
The Trump administration is appealing a court ruling that struck down its plan to compel pharmaceutical companies to disclose wholesale prices of their drugs in...
Mexican musician Celso Pina, accordion ‘rebel,’ dies at 66
Mexican musician Celso Pina, famed as “the rebel of the accordion” for mixing eclectic styles with traditional Colombian cumbia, died on Wednesday of a heart...
Postcard from HK frontline: Why a student throws bricks at police
Pun, 22, was still at the Hong Kong airport on the morning of Aug. 14 after a night of clashes with police, when protesters also...
Frontline view: Making the case for violence in Hong Kong protests
Pun sees himself as a peaceful, middle-class Hong Kong student. Yet since the beginning of June, he has been building barricades and throwing bricks at...
As resistance mounts, Brazil’s Bolsonaro sticks by son for U.S. envoy
Brazil’s right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, plans to push ahead with the appointment of his son Eduardo for ambassador to the United States despite accusations of...
Igniting global outrage, Brazil’s Bolsonaro baselessly blames NGOs for Amazon fires
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of burning down the Amazon rainforest to hurt his government, as a growing global outcry...
Salvadoran woman acquitted in abortion case calls for reform
Evelyn Hernandez has a message for El Salvador’s president: End the criminalization of abortion in the conservative Central American country....
Sudan’s Hamdok takes office as new prime minister, vows to tackle conflicts and economy
Sudan’s new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was sworn in on Wednesday as leader of a transitional government, and vowed to make achieving peace and solving...